Bottle washer



A. P. MURRAY BOTTLE WASHER Filed Nov. 14, 1922 May 22, 1928.

Patented May 22, 192,8.

UNITED 1 STATES ANDREW P. MURRAY, 0F JAcKsoN, MIcHrGAN.

BOTTLE WASHER'.

Application vled November 14, 1922. lSeriallro. 600,820.

Fig.1 isl an end elevation of an embodi-v ment of the inventioninconnection with a sterilizer, partspbeing broken away;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section on th lineII-f-II Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the structure of Fig. 2. l Bottle washer andsterilizing apparatus is provided with a main frame 1. Carried by thismain frame 1, is motor 2 having shaft 3, connected through speedreduction gearing 4 for driving endless conveyer 5, having parallelseries of bottle seats 6. The discharge end of this sterilizer or bottleinterior washer and cleanser has guide 7 for retaining the bottles 8 inthe seats when `coming overthe bend. As the bottles pass from this guide7 transfer pockets 9- operable in synchronism with the conveyer 5,deposit the transverse series of bottles 8 on table 10. These cleanedbottles 8 deposited on the table 10,l

may be shifted by pusher 11 operable from the main motor 2 through theconveyor operating mechanism, over t0 conveyor 12 for delivery to abottle filling machine for lling the bottles with milk.

. In delivering bottles into the pockets 6 of this bottle interiorwasher and sterilizer, there is provided herein a bottle exteriorwasher. A frame 13 is disposed to carry a support or platform 14, overwhich is disposed, in parallel, a plurality of rotary brushes 15operated in a common direction so that each of the intermediate brushestends to rotate a bottle therebetween as carried by the support 14.

From the motor 2 is shown transmission connections for rotating shaft16, having bevel gear connections to shafts 17 mounted in frame 18. Eachof these shafts 17, carries a brush 15. Above this frame v18 is a spraymeans 19 providing a iow of wash water which may be adjusted by valve20.

Forwardly of the platform 14 is disposed an auxiliary platform 21 uponwhich bottles may be laid as removed, say from cases. For operation insynchronism with the sterilizer, say as the cleansed bottles 8 aredischarge'dfrom the sterilizer, connection 22 from the automaticdischarge extends to lever 23, as .mounted by bracket 24., carried bythe frame 13. This lever 23 has link 25, therefrom for rocking lever26,'upstanding abovethe slotted platform 21, and inthis rocking shovesbottles from thisfplatform 21 onto the support 14 and by so doing forcesthe bottles out from under the brushes 15. rIhe lever 23 has extendingtherefrom link 27 to chute 28. Accordingly as the lever 23 y isrocked toforce a new lseries of dirty *fbotf tles on to the support 14, the setwhich was4 on this support which has been rotated and Washed exteriorlyis forced out` and as directed bythe chute 28, slide down as a seriesinto asetof the pockets on the endless c'onveyer 5. As these bottlesmove downward or away froml the brushes 15, the longer bristles of thebrushes wash the bottoms, thereby -e'ecting the washing of the entirebottle exteriors. Accordingly these bottles are clean on their outsideas simultaneously delivered in series to this bottlel interior cleanserand sterilizer. The deliveriesof the bottles in .series to thesterilizer takes place automatically and there is no curtailmentwhatsoever in the capacity of the sterilizer.

What is claimed and it is desired to secure by Letters Patent is y 1. Ina bottle cleansing machine having` seats for receiving bottles, thecombination of a bottle pushing delivery device for supplying bottlesinto said seats, bottle exterior cleansing means, and a `connection fromthe machine to operate said delivery device in synchronism therewith.

2. In a bottle cleansing ymachine having seats for receiving bottles,the combination of a bottle pushing delivery device for supplyingbottles into said seats, and bottle washing means for cleansing thebottle exe teriors while on the delivery device.

3. In a bottle cleansing machine having seats for receiving bottles, thecombination of a bottle pushing delivery device for sup plying bottlesinto said seats, spray means and rotary brushes carried by said device ufor cleansing the eXteriors of the bottles while on said device.

4. In a bottle washing machine having bottle lseats and an endlessconveyor therefor, the combination of a delivery pushing device,connections for operating the device in synchronism with the conveyorfor delivering bottles from the device into the seats of the machine tobe shifted by said conveyor, and bottle cleansing'means carried by thedelivery pushing device.

5. For a bottle cleansingr machine, .the

combination of a support for a series of bottles on said support, aplurality of rotary brushes for turning the bottles, spray means fordelivering liquid tothe brush rotated bottles asl carried by saidsupport, and a reciprocable member Vfor pushing the bottles relativelyto the brushes.

6. For a bottle cleansing machine, the

combination of a support for a series of'y bottles, alplurality'ofrotarybrushes for` turning thev bottles, spray means for de`` livering,Tliquid to the brush rotated bottles as carried by saidsupportand bottlepushingv means for shifting the bottles from said support. v n

7. For abottle 'cleansing machine, the

combination of a support for a series ofv bottles, ya chute from saidsupport toward' said machine, a plurality of rotary brushes for turningAthe bottles on rsaidy support,

spray meansv for delivering liquidJ 'to the ,f brushrot-ated bottles asCarried by said support andbottlepushing means operable independently ofthe rotation of said brushes for: simultaneously shifting the series ofi bottles from said support and connected with saidchuteorff raising andloweringl said chute.

8. In abottlefcleansing machine, a bottle interior Washer and sterilizerhavingbottlereceiving pockets in series, the combination of a Washerdevice-embodying a supportY

